Dr. Shobha Rani R Hiremath is a Professor and Principal of Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore. She is also Heading Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharm.D.

Dr. Shobha Rani is a recipient of Dr. Mumtaz Ahmed Khan award for distinguished community service for the exemplary and yeoman services rendered to the community through education in the year 2012. She is also the recipient of the 2006 STARS Award for Teachers for “Excellence in Academic Research” in recognition of merit in academic research and motivation to further the research of young minds on 25th July 2006. She has won 09 BEST research paper awards. She has 75 research publications, 2 patents and 4 text books to her credit. Presently she is serving as Editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal entitled “Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice” (IJOPP) published by APTI.Dr.Shobha has received research grants from AICTE, ICMR, WHO, AAGCPA and CDSCO (Govt.of India). Her research areas include Novel Drug Delivery Systems, Herbal formulations, Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacovigilance. She has expertise in the formulation and evaluation of drug delivery systems such as Controlled delivery systems, Transdermal, Nanoparticles, Liposomes and Microspheres, Bioavailability-Boequivalence studies and pharmacokinetic studies and analysis